Nielsen Fast Nationals From Thursday, July 5, 2007

Thursday night’s ratings. FOX comes in first and second with Are You Smarter Than a 5^th Grader? and Are You Smarter Than a 5^th Grader? having 3.0/9 and 2.8/9 in the 8:30 o’clock hour, which tied CBS’s CSI (Special) in the 10:30 o’clock hour. Not far behind in third, CBS’s Big Brother 8 (Premiere) having 2.7/10.

I know that I’m going to get a lot of flack from my friends back in Texas, but I love Ugly Betty. The older sister is so hot. I’m sure you can picture me pulling a Homer with me drueling, while saying, “older sister,” as Homer does when he says dounuts. It was a repeat so my DVR didn’t record it, can’t wait to find out what happens with the new hubby gone. I’ll be your rebound. Use me! I don’t care. Just send me some flowers in the morning. Stick around after the jump. . .

Thursday July 5, 2007
8:00 ABC * Ugly Betty 1.1/4
CBS Big Brother 8 (Premiere) 2.7/10
NBC * My Name is Earl 1.6/5
FOX * Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? 2.2/8
CW * Smallville 0.8/3
MyN VH1: Rocks Honors (Special)

8:30 ABC * Ugly Betty 1.2/4
CBS Big Brother 8 (Premiere) 2.7/9
NBC * 30 Rock 1.3/4
FOX * Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? 2.8/9
CW * Smallville 0.8/3
MyN VH1: Rocks Honors (Special)

9:00 ABC * Grey’s Anatomy 1.5/5
CBS Pirate Master 1.8/6
NBC * The Office 1.9/6
FOX * Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (Special) 2.6/8
CW * Supernatural 0.7/2
MyN VH1: Rocks Honors (Special)

9:30 ABC * Grey’s Anatomy 1.8/5
CBS Pirate Master 1.7/5
NBC * Scrubs 1.6/5
FOX * Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (Special) 3.0/9
CW * Supernatural 0.8/2
MyN VH1: Rocks Honors (Special)

10:00 ABC * Men in Trees 1.2/4
CBS * CSI (Special) 2.5/8
NBC * ER 1.0/3

10:30 ABC * Men in Trees 1.2/4
CBS * CSI (Special) 2.8/9
NBC * ER 1.1/3

Nielsen Fast Nationals

From Thursday, July 5, 2007

* Signifies repeat

Who Won The Night

Rember this isn’t a chart
ABC 1.3/4
CBS 2.4/8
NBC 1.4/4
FOX 2.6/8
CW 0.8/2
MyN

How do I read these ratings?

A Nielsen rating may look like this:

8pm – NBC – TVgasm The TV Show – 10.0/18

Focus on the 10.0/18. The RATING, 10.0, on the left represents the actual number of households that watched a show. One rating point equals 1,102,000 households. The SHARE, 18, on the right represents the show’s proportion of the total households watching television at that time.

For example, TVgasms TV Show has a 10 rating/18 share. That means 11,020,000 households are tuned in to the show and 18% of all the households with a TV turned on are watching that show.

Ratings and Share are customarily broken down for various DEMOs — a demographic grouping of viewers, like 18-49 adults or 2-12 children or 18-34 women, etc. Advertisers, and therefore networks, covet the 18-49 adult demo, and so tend to concentrate on that number.